After DU, Allahabad University To Introduce 4-Year UG Courses
Allahabad University will launch four-year UG courses from 2025-26 under NEP 2020, offering flexible exits and honours options, similar to Delhi University's model
Allahabad Central University is all set to roll out four-year undergraduate (UG) courses from the academic session 2025-26, similar to Delhi University. The move aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and was approved in a recent Academic Council meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor Sangeeta Srivastava.
As per the new curriculum framework, the undergraduate course will be spread across eight semesters, fully adopting the semester system. Students will study three subjects in the initial years, two majors and one minor. From the third year onwards, the minor subject will be dropped, allowing students to focus solely on their major subjects. In the fourth year (seventh and eighth semesters), eligible students will have the opportunity to pursue Honours in one of the two major subjects. Meritorious students will also have the option to pursue Honours with Research.
The new system offers flexibility, allowing students to exit with a certificate after one year, a diploma after two years, a degree after three years, and an honours degree after four years. Each semester will carry 20 mandatory credits, and the entire course will total 160 credits.
Moreover, the university plans to introduce over 150 two-credit skill-based and optional courses under the NEP. Earlier, Allahabad University had already implemented integrated five-year courses such as BA-LLB, BTech-MTech, and BFA. Now, in the second phase of NEP implementation, all UG programmes under the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Commerce have been restructured to align with the NEP framework.
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